Improvement in knife and scissors sharpeners



IINITED STATES.

PATENT OFF-Ica@ JAMES J. RUSS, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNIFE AND SCISSORS SHARPENERS.

Specification forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 56,615, dated July 24,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES J. RUSS, of Worcester, in the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedKnife and Scissors Sharpener Combined; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

The presentinvention relates to a novel and useful implement or devicefor sharpening the blades of scissors, shears, and other similarcutting-instruments, and also the blades of knives, and it consists inthev combination, with a novel constructed stand, of a sharpener-plate,which is so secured to one side of the same as to be adjustable thereon,and against the edges of which Sharpener-plate, by means of slots orguideways suitably formed in the stand, the knife or scissors blades, asthe case may be, can be properly brought to bear to sharpen the same, aswill be apparent from the following detail description of the sharpener,reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, in which-Figure lis a front elevation of the sharpener; Fig. 2, an elevation ofone edge of the stand, with the sharpener-plate in central verticalsection 5 Fig. 3, a transverse horizontal section taken in the plane ofthe line a: 0c, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A in the drawings represents the stand of the Sharpener, which may bemade of wood or other suitable material, and of the general form andappearance shown in the drawings, with a broad base, b, or of any otherproper shape.

On the front side of the stand A is a thin steel or other suitableSharpener-plate, B, which plate is made straight upon its edges andslightly beveled, so that when a knife or scissors blade is drawn acrossand over such edges their cutting-edges will be respectively sharpened.This plate B is slotted in its center in the direction and for a portionof its length, by which slot C and a suitable setscrew, D, the plate issecured tothe stand in a vertical position, as plainly shown in Figs. land 2.

E E are two narrow slots made in the standA and across its width, whichslots extend from the upper end of the stand in an angular directiontoward the Sharpener-plate, one upon each side of the same, andintersecting the plane of such plate. Each terminates in an enlarged.end or throat, Gr, near the center line of the stand. In these slots EE the blade of the knife which is to be sharpened is placed, and then bybringing the sides of such knifeblade to bear against the edges of thesharpener-plate, first one and then the other, the desired cutting-edgemust necessarily be produced upon the knife-blade and in amost perfectand complete manner, and with but little trouble, the slots or guidewaysE for the knifeblade holding the knife firmly to and against the edge ofthe Sharpener-plate as it is drawn through them, and both sides of theblade being sharpened by running or drawing the blade iirst through oneand then the other of the two guides or Slots E.

Across the edges of the Sharpener-plate B, at or near its upper end, theblades of scissors are to be drawn for the purpose of being sharpened,the stand A being cut away or notched at F F upon its upper end and uponeach side of the Sharpener-plate, to form a suitable guide or way forthe scissors-blade when to be presented to the action of theSharpener-plate.

By securing the Sharpener-plate by set-screw and slot to the stand A itis obvious that it can be adjusted in position upon the said stand toaccommodate it to the wearing away of its edges from use-a quiteimportant feature.

From the above description of my improved knife and scissors Sharpenercombined it is plainly apparent that in construction and arrangement ofits parts it is exceeding simple and cheap; that it is effective andconvenient in use, and in every respect a most desirable article forfamily or domestic purposes especially.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the stand or holder A, having inclined slots E,and the Sharpenerplate B, when arranged and connected togethersubstantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The stand or holder A, slotted in an angnlar direction and notched atF, in combination With the Sharpener-plate B, the Whole together forminga combined knife and scissors Sharpener, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

The above speoieaton of lny invention signed by me this 11th day of May,1866.

JAMES J. RUSS.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, ALBERT W. BROWN.

